# Kirat Singh

> Kirat Singh is the co-founder and former CEO of Beacon Platform and President, Risk and Alternative Assets at Clearwater Analytics. He worked on Goldman Sachs’ SecDB, co-built JPMorgan’s Athena with Mark Higgins, and delivered Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Quartz before co-founding Beacon in 2014. Clearwater completed its acquisition of Beacon on April 30, 2025.

- **Role:** President, Risk and Alternative Assets at Clearwater Analytics
- **Organizations:** Clearwater Analytics, Beacon Platform, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Built enterprise pricing and risk platforms at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Bank of America Merrill Lynch., Delivered Quartz, described in Beacon’s 2023 speaker biography as used by more than 5,000 developers., Co-founded Beacon in 2014 and led it through its acquisition by Clearwater in 2025.

## Career timeline

- **1992** — Moved from India to the United States at 17 on a Harvard scholarship to study mathematics.
- **1997** — Graduated from Harvard and joined Goldman Sachs; worked on SecDB and the J. Aron commodities trading floor.
- **2006** — Joined JPMorgan and built Athena with Mark Higgins.
- **2010** — Joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch and launched and delivered Quartz.
- **2013** — Discussed the idea behind Beacon with Mark Higgins at Connolly’s Pub in midtown Manhattan.
- **2014** — Co-founded Beacon Platform with Mark Higgins.
- **2017** — Beacon received Risk’s fintech start-up of the year award; Singh spoke at the first Tokyo FinTech Meetup on June 21.
- **2025-04-30** — Clearwater completed its Beacon acquisition and identified Singh as President, Risk & Performance.
- **2026** — Clearwater lists Singh as President, Risk and Alternative Assets; he contributed an article on energy-trading technology to FORR Sight.

## Achievements

- Built enterprise pricing and risk platforms at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
- Delivered Quartz, described in Beacon’s 2023 speaker biography as used by more than 5,000 developers.
- Co-founded Beacon in 2014 and led it through its acquisition by Clearwater in 2025.
- Beacon received Risk’s fintech start-up of the year award in 2017.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Published an article about energy-market instrument complexity, inspectable models and faster valuations in FORR Sight, issue 04.
- **2025-04** — Joined Clearwater’s leadership as President, Risk & Performance when its acquisition of Beacon closed on April 30.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirat-singh-7468b31

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